Qingdao West Coast recently won three consecutive matches at home and their morale is high. In this round, they went to the northeast and faced a tough test. If you win, you'll continue to lead; otherwise there's a good chance you'll give up the top spot, or even get squeezed out of the super zone.
Guangxi Pingguo Ha Rang and Qingdao West Coast, both with 36 points, are only 2 points ahead of the relegation zone when they face Shanghai Jiading Huilong on the road. Both teams are eager for 3 points. Guangxi Pingguo Ha Rang, a favorite to win the Super League, beat Shanghai Jiading Huilong 3-0 in the first round and is looking forward to beating their rivals again.
Shanghai Jiading Huilong is undefeated for six consecutive rounds, and this is the last of their last four consecutive home matches as they look to continue their undefeated streak. Another highlight of this battle is that Yang Lin, the coach of Shanghai Jiading Huilong, has coached Guangxi Pingguo Ha Rang twice. So he will definitely feel differently about facing his old employer.
Another 36-point team, Sichuan Jiuniu, traveled to Huludao in this round to challenge promotion horse Dandong Tengyue on the road. In the first round, Sichuan Jiuniu was not happy with their 2-3 defeat against Dandong Tengyue in their home debut. Now, after adjustments, they are once again fighting against their rivals with the only goal of scoring all 3 points.
Undefeated in the last three rounds, Danton Tengue slipped to 12th place, just five points ahead of the relegation zone. As a result, they are playing at home and aiming for three points as well.
Shijiazhuang Kung Fu, fourth in the standings with 35 points, will face former giants Guangzhou on the road under head coach Zhou Lin. It should be noted that Guangzhou is the last stop of Zhou Lin's career as a player. Although he didn't get more playing opportunities, he is after all an old employer, so he will have mixed feelings this time when he goes to Yuexiu Mountain and leads the team to fight against his old employer. Of course, in a professional match, he can only lead the team to fight for 3 points in order to go beyond.
After Guangzhou beat Suzhou Dongwu 2-1 in the last round, the pressure of relegation was eased, but not yet safely landed. This time, we can only build on our efforts to score against the rampaging Shijiazhuang Kung Fu.
Nanjing City is ranked fifth with 32 points and will start the Jiangsu derby with Suzhou Dongwu, which is ranked eighth with 23 points. In terms of paper strength, Nanjing City, who have powerful foreign players such as Lionel Messi and Traore, and have just brought in strong players such as Wu Xinghan and Ducheng, clearly have the advantage. However, they exchanged 0-0 draws with Shanghai Jiading Huilong in the last round, showing that they are still unstable. This also gave Suzhou Dongwu a chance to score. In the first round, the two teams drew 1-1.
Jinan Xingzhou is ranked sixth with 29 points, and will host relegated team Liaoning Shenyang City in this round. After bringing in strong reinforcements such as Karanja and Qi Tianyu, Jinan Xingzhou's strength has increased dramatically, as evidenced by Shijiazhuang Kung Fu Energy ending their 7-game winning streak with a 1-0 win. However, in the last round, with a great lead of 2-0, they lost a good game by being chased by Heilongjiang Bingcheng by two goals on the road, eventually losing the draw. When they return home, they will fight for 3 points.
Shenyang, Liaoning Province, suffered a physical and mental setback when they lost 0-4 to Dongguan Guanlian on the road in the last round. This time, they were still miserable when they turned to Jinan. But they are only 4 points ahead of the relegation zone and can only fight their opponents for the best result.
At the bottom of the table in other matches, for the 18th consecutive round, Wuxi Wuhou will play away against Yanbian Longding in a promotion match. Considering that Yanbian Longding is very popular at home and undefeated at home so far, it is still hard for Wuxi Wu Hook to have their first win in this round.
After three consecutive away games, Jiangxi Lushan returns home to face promotion rival Dongguan United. Jiangxi Lushan will try to play to accelerate its escape from the relegation zone, where it has been trapped.
Dongguan Guanlian, with Onuebu, Ruan Jun and other "foreign guns and local guns" scorers, has been in good shape recently. In the last round, he beat Shenyang City of Liaoning Province with 4 goals. This time, he is not willing to return home empty-handed from the away game.
